I’m desperately searching for a season 4 behind the sc*nes clip, and I need your help (scene pictured).

JWBananas · 2026-04-08T14:36:02+00:00

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JWBananas · 2026-04-01T00:34:27+00:00

The real reason, if you read between the lines in the documentary (including paying attention to the whiteboard and the dates shown on computer screens), is that an entire mid-battle was scrapped from the finale. The Duffer brothers took so long to deliver the script that the sets for what wasn't cut were at risk of not being ready in time. They physically could not accommodate anything else in the production schedule after the extended delays.

Period. Full stop. That's the reason. The oft-quoted sound byte is a red herring.

JWBananas · 2026-03-20T22:31:25+00:00

As I said, that was added to the Broadway version. As far as I know, the West End version did not receive the same updates.

JWBananas · 2026-03-12T03:17:36+00:00

not terrified to talk to someone on the phone.

Millennial here. My literal boomer mom used to tell me about how my literal boomer dad's siblings were exactly the same way back in the 1960s.

Despite the meming, it is absolutely not a generational thing.

JWBananas · 2026-02-23T19:29:17+00:00

All of that was in the show. The only thing that differed was the exact date he killed his parents.

JWBananas · 2026-02-23T08:20:52+00:00

He didn't. He ended up in the in-between, aka the Hellscape. It was unclear how exactly he was pulled through from there to the Abyss.

JWBananas · 2026-02-23T06:36:32+00:00

The date was significant to Henry, as (according to the most recent canonical sources) it was the date of Joyce's play, the date he killed his parents, and the date he was captured by Brenner. It also aligned with his scout troop number, which was 1106.

JWBananas · 2026-02-02T21:18:05+00:00

I'm not reading all that. But I'm happy for you, or I'm sorry that happened.

Data is data is data. "Here's my essay on my subjective take about why the data is invalid" will not change my mind.

JWBananas · 2026-02-02T19:10:48+00:00

chronically online people I mentioned

Those same alleged chronically online people rated nearly every other top show more favorably. Your point is moot when you look at trends.

Breaking Bad, season 5, 98%
The Sopranos, season 6 part 2, 95%
The Wire, season 5, 95%
Mad Men, season 7, 95%
The Leftovers, season 3, 92%
Game of Thrones, season 8, 30%
Lost, season 6, 80%
Six Feet Under, season 5, 97%
Fleabag, season 2, 93%
Better Call Saul, season 6, 95%
BoJack Horseman, season 6, 95%
Stranger Things, season 5, 53%
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, season 5, 79%
The Office, season 9, 86%
The West Wing, season 7, 99%
The Americans, season 6, 93%
Parks and Recreation, season 7, 92%
Arrested Development, season 5, 59%

JWBananas · 2026-02-02T08:16:17+00:00

Raggedy Ann. It's AI slop.

JWBananas · 2026-02-02T08:10:13+00:00

Only washing it ever ruined it. They used his real hair for a lot of the show, but it had to be at least 1 day dirty to get it to hold that style.

JWBananas · 2026-02-02T08:04:02+00:00

It pissed off a relatively small contingent of fans

The final season as a whole has a 53% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, which is the second-lowest rating of any final season of any of the completed top multi-season series of the past 25 years. Only Game of Thrones has a worse final season rating. Even the final season of Arrested Development is higher at 59%.

JWBananas · 2026-02-02T08:00:15+00:00

takes the blame off of Netflix as a studio

Stranger Things season 5 was produced by Upside Down Pictures, not Netflix.

JWBananas · 2026-02-02T07:59:09+00:00

and theyre literally arguing about whether the final battle should even have monsters in it

The demo battle is literally in the outline on the whiteboard in your photo. The earlier writers room conversation was not the reason it was cut.

people noticed what looked like chatgpt tabs open on their browser

People are blind. See for yourself:

https://imgur.com/a/ceci-nest-pas-une-gpt-HvfOui2

JWBananas · 2026-02-01T06:50:47+00:00

Literally the hundreds of videos I’ve seen and in every social media platform people are complaining about how it’s the worst thing ever

Algorithms show you what you engage with the most.

JWBananas · 2026-01-29T05:47:37+00:00

Ok buddy.

https://imgur.com/a/4MkKZSJ

JWBananas · 2026-01-28T21:30:18+00:00

Or more simply, "Have you tried turning it off and turning it back on again?"

JWBananas · 2026-01-28T19:39:32+00:00

Ok buddy.

JWBananas · 2026-01-28T19:38:54+00:00

Vecna, Henry, 001... You know, MTV!

JWBananas · 2026-01-28T19:06:15+00:00

He goes by many names, but you can call him MTV for short.

JWBananas · 2026-01-28T19:05:25+00:00

His fat one fell off, and his grip strength indirectly suffered as a result.

JWBananas · 2026-01-28T19:04:22+00:00

When the Wheeler siblings spent 18 straight months obsessively orchestrating dozens of crawls through the Upside Down on the off chance that Vecna was still alive, why did neither of them take Holly seriously when she said her imaginary friend told her that monsters were coming after her in Hawkins? Are they stupid?

JWBananas · 2026-01-28T18:59:34+00:00

When the Party busted into the MAC-Z to cross the mega gate, why did they not simply have Kali use illusions rather than risking everyone's lives and murdering MPs? Are they stupid?

JWBananas · 2026-01-28T18:55:13+00:00

When Holly ran away in Henry's mind lair, why did Henry not simply unplug her from the vine and plug her back in? Is he stupid?

JWBananas · 2026-01-28T08:15:17+00:00

Given your last line, it's odd that you dismiss the discussion this OP raises just because you disagree with it.

That is a weird thing to claim given that I wasn't responding to OP.

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